Mr. Stephen Atubiga, Sylvester Mensah had problems and wrote a petition about the problems to the Council of Elders but still picked up forms anyway perhaps believing in the adage better safe than sorry.

But Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Alban Bagbin, Goosie Tanoh, Kojo Bonsu, Nurideen Iddrisu refused to pick up the forms and demanded a response from the Council of Elders.

Beyond the extension in the nomination period, the date for the presidential primaries set for 19 January 2019 has been pushed.

Not to the March date proposed in the petition by the disgruntled eight aspirants but to January 26, 2019.

A small concession, a slight psychological victory for them over the NDC National Executives whom they have asked to recuse themselves.

With no official statement yet from the party’s Council of Elders, there could be more concessions, Richard Quashigah, spokesperson for another aspirant Prof. Joshua Alabi told Joy FM’s Top Story Wednesday.